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Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 20:31:41 +0100
From: Stefan Richter <stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de>
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To: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Staging: only build the tree if we really want to
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Greg KH wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 08, 2008 at 04:59:37PM +0100, Stefan Richter wrote:
>>> -endif # STAGING
>>> +endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD
>> Which purpose is the STAGING kconfig variable serving after this?
> 
> Sitting there and looking pretty :)
> 
>> It controls the visibility of the menu, but switching it off won't
>> switch off the staging drivers if they were previously enabled, would
>> it?
> 
> Try it and look in wonder :)
> 
> If something affects the visibility of the menu for those config
> options, it controls if those options can be enabled or not.

Right.  But if you had STAGING on, STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD off, and for
example ET131X on, then ET131X will still be on if you switch STAGING
off and save the configuration.
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Stefan Richter
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